Death Threat (film)

Death Threat
Directed by	Raymond Leboursier
Written by	Raymond Leboursier
Produced by	Yves Mounier
Starring	Colette Darfeuil Pierre Renoir Jean Martinelli
Cinematography	Georges Million
Edited by	Madeleine Bonin
Music by	Charly Bailly André Varel
Production company	Société Parisienne de l'Industrie Cinématographique
Release date	22 February 1950 (1950-02-22)
Running time	92 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Death Threat (French: Menace de mort) is a 1950 crime drama film directed by Raymond Leboursier and starring Colette Darfeuil, Pierre Renoir and Jean Martinelli.[1] [2] The film's sets were designed by the art director Roland Quignon. It is also known by the alternative title Aventure à Pigalle.

Synopsis

During the German occupation a young pianist André Garnier is denounced to the Gestapo and arrested. Having survived the war he is determined to hunt down the informer. He meets and falls in love with Hélène, the girlfriend of an industrialist Bernier. André comes to suspect that Bernier is the man who informed on him to the authorities. When Bernier is murdered, André is a natural suspect for the revenge killing.

Cast

• Colette Darfeuil as Hélène
• Pierre Renoir as Bernier
• Jean Martinelli as André Garnier
• Marcel Dalio as Denis
• Pierre Larquey as Morel
• Jacques Famery as Jacques
• Jeanne Fusier-Gir as Madame Jeanne
• Gérard Séty as Jean
• Paul Demange as Le valet de chambre
• Jacques Dynam as Pierre
• Jacques Henley as Le gérant
• Max Maxudian as Sanger
• Pauline Carton as Madame Auguste
• Colette Mars as Colette
• Robert Le Fort as Le maître d'hôtel

References

1. Rège p.613
2. https://www.unifrance.org/film/38426/menace-de-mort-aventure-a-pigalle

Bibliography

• Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

External links

• Death Threat at IMDb